2019 Big Ten Softball Tournament

Classification| Division I
Teams| 12
Format| Single-elimination
Site|

* Andy Mohr Field
* Bloomington, Indiana

Champions| Michigan (10th title)
Winning coach| Carol Hutchins (10th title)
Runner-up| Minnesota (8th title game)
MVP| Meghan Beaubien (Michigan)
Television| Big Ten Network

* ← 2018
* Softball Tournament
* 2022 →

The 2019 Big Ten Softball tournament was held at Andy Mohr Field on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana from May 9 through May 11, 2019. As the tournament winner, Michigan earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games of the tournament aired on BTN.[1]

## Tournament[edit]

2019 Big Ten Conference softball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
No. 20 Michigan ‍†‍‡‍y | 22 | - | 1 |  | .957 |  |  | 45 | - | 13 |  | .776
No. 14 Northwestern ‍‍‍y | 21 | - | 2 |  | .913 |  |  | 47 | - | 13 |  | .783
No. 8 Minnesota ‍‍‍y | 20 | - | 2 |  | .909 |  |  | 46 | - | 14 |  | .767
Ohio State ‍‍‍y | 17 | - | 6 |  | .739 |  |  | 35 | - | 18 |  | .660
No. 25 Wisconsin ‍‍‍y | 15 | - | 8 |  | .652 |  |  | 43 | - | 14 |  | .754
Rutgers ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 12 |  | .478 |  |  | 29 | - | 26 |  | .527
Indiana ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 13 |  | .435 |  |  | 36 | - | 21 |  | .632
Illinois ‍‍‍y | 9 | - | 14 |  | .391 |  |  | 33 | - | 25 |  | .569
Nebraska ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 14 |  | .391 |  |  | 21 | - | 31 |  | .404
Penn State ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 16 |  | .304 |  |  | 24 | - | 32 |  | .429
Purdue ‍‍‍ | 6 | - | 17 |  | .261 |  |  | 34 | - | 29 |  | .540
Iowa ‍‍‍ | 5 | - | 18 |  | .217 |  |  | 19 | - | 32 |  | .373
Michigan State ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 18 |  | .182 |  |  | 16 | - | 34 |  | .320
Maryland ‍‍‍ | 4 | - | 19 |  | .174 |  |  | 20 | - | 31 |  | .392
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 14, 2019[2]; Rankings from NFCA
| 1st Round
May 9th
BTN | | | Quarterfinals
May 10th
BTN | | | Semifinals
May 11th
BTN | | | Finals
May 11th
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| | | 9 | Illinois | 0 |
| 8 | Nebraska | 4 |

| 9 | Illinois | 6 |
| | 1 | Michigan | 8 |
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| | | 5 | Wisconsin | 3 |
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| | | 5 | Wisconsin | 10(6) |
| 5 | Wisconsin | 7 |

| 12 | Iowa | 4 |
| | 1 | Michigan | 3 |
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| 7 | Indiana | 4 |

| 10 | Penn State | 2 |
| | 2 | Northwestern | 0 |
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| | | 11 | Purdue | 3 |
| 6 | Rutgers | 3 |

| 11 | Purdue | 4 |

* Only the top 12 participate in the tournament.

## Schedule[edit]

Game  | Time*  | Matchup# | Television  | TV Announcers[3] | Attendance

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First Round – Thursday, May 9
1  | 11:00 a.m.  | #5 Wisconsin vs. #12 Iowa  | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  |
2  | 1:30 p.m.  | #8 Nebraska vs. #9 Illinois
3  | 4:30 p.m.  | #7 Indiana vs. #10 Penn State  | Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter  |
4  | 7:00 p.m.  | #6 Rutgers vs. #11 Purdue
Quarterfinals – Friday, May 10
5  | 11:00 a.m.  | #4 Ohio State vs. #5 Wisconsin | Big Ten Network | Lisa Byington & Carol Bruggeman  |
6  | 1:30 p.m.  | #1 Michigan vs. #9 Illinois
7  | 4:30 p.m.  | #2 Northwestern vs. #7 Indiana  | Dean Linke & Jennie Ritter  |
8  | 7:00 p.m.  | #3 Minnesota vs. #11 Purdue
Semifinals – Saturday, May 11
9  | 9:00 a.m.  | #1 Michigan vs. #5 Wisconsin  | Big Ten Network |  |
10  | 11:30 a.m.  | #2 Northwestern vs. #3 Minnesota
Championship – Saturday, May 11
11  | 2:00 p.m.  | #1 Michigan vs. #3 Minnesota  | Big Ten Network |  |
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Michigan Wins Big Ten Softball Tournament Championship". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
2. ^ "Big Ten Softball Standings". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
3. ^ "#MAYhem: College Softball's Biggest Month Begins with More than 60 Conference Tournament Games, 11 Championship Games on ESPN's Networks". ESPN Media Zone. Retrieved 2017-05-08.

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